Saturday 23rd August 2014 and we visited one of my favourite parts of Yorkshire, Flamborough Head. Along with Glyn & RichardP, we sat at the Sea Watching site on the headland for a couple of hours in the hope of a few good seabirds. It was very quiet with only a few Manx Shearwaters and […]
Following hot on the heels of the first inland record of Pacific Golden Plover at Rutland Water on 15th July 2013, another stunning adult was discovered at the RSPB reserve of Middleton Lakes in Staffordshire on 26th July 2014. Not far from home, I visited the reserve early morning on Sunday 27th July and had good
In 2012, along with Barrie, Anita and Elliott Staley, I enjoyed a superb 10 days in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria, in search of the vast range of butterfly species that this country has to offer. Upon our return to the UK, we said we would need to return to Bulgaria and this July we
Sunday 30th June, Richard, Glyn and myself spent the day at the RSPB Reserve at Bempton Cliffs on the Yorkshire Coast just north of Bridlington. It is one of the best sea-bird colonies in England with around 200,000 birds using the cliffs during the breeding season. The sights, sounds and smells are an incredible introduction
Last year my wife & I visited the Greek Island of Samos for the first time. We were so struck by the place, we went back this year to the same Hotel and location. Another very relaxing holiday and dispite the fact that it wasn't what I would call a wildlife holiday, I managed one or
I rarely miss a spring trip to the RSPB reserve at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. As I have said before, this is one of my favourite reserves. Unfortuantely today, Sunday 17th May 2014, it was a little quiet, with yesterdays Temminck's Stint seemingly to have gone. We did find three Mediterranean Gull, single Little Gull, a Little Stint and
A Hoopoe had been discovered in a large garden out in the countryside near Beverley in East Yorkshire. It was frequenting the garden lawns of a large house. The bird had been present for about three to four days and so I had my chance on Sunday 11th May. For the last three weekends I
Apolgies for belated Blog Post – The Bank holiday weekend of 4th – 5th May was spent with my cousin and family in the lovely seaside town of Tywyn. We were on a mission of mercy – to get an old Grandfather Clock, The Baron, delivered to it's new home. Mission accomplished around 2pm on
